Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-03-26
Interstate Commissioners.

interstate COMMISSIONERS.
WASHINGTON, March 22.-Thc
President has at last determined
the composition of the Interstate
commerce commission to be APP
pointed under the law recently
passed by Congress, and ANNOUNCE
ed the names Of the members this
evening. They are:
Thomas NJ. Cooley, of Michigan,
for the term of six years.
William Il. Alorllson, of Illinois,
for the term Of five yeats.
August ScNoonnaker, of New
York. for the term OF four years.
Aldace L. Walker, of Vermont,
for the term of three years.
Walter A. Bragg, of Alabama,
for the term of two years.
The fact that Mr.. Cooley'S name
heads the list does not necessarily
indicate that he will be chairman
of the commission, as 1t must elect
its own chairman. The following
is Il sketch orihe public careers OF
the men comprising the commission
except OK Representative Morrison.
whose public services are so GEL
orally known as to need no lcscrip-
ton.
Thomas NJ. Cooley WAS born at
At!ica, n. Y, in 1924, studied law
in that State aud removed to Mich.
igan III 1913, where he has since
resided. In 1857 he was elected
compiler ofthe State laws. and IN
1S5Sreporter ofthe Supreme Court.
In 1883 he was chosen by the re-
gents as commissioner TO organize
the law department. OF the Unlver
sity Of Michigan, and he has ever
since been connected with it. In
1854 he was elected juscice Of the
Supreme Courr. and was re-elcct
ed in 1869 and in 1877. He WAS
nominated by the Republicans Tor
re election in 1855, and was defeat
cd. Mr.. Cooley is the author Of
numerous standard legal works.
He was recently appointed by the
United States Judge Gresham re-
ceiver of the Wabash Railroad
Company.
Aldace +. Walker, is a Vermont
lawyer. about IL Years old, Re-
publican in politics, WHO studied
law with Senator EdmnndS, serv
rd us colonel in the Union army.
and has since then practiscd law
ut Rutland. In the Vermont Sell
lite he has taken leading part in
framing legislation to solve the
railway problem, and has given
much study to the question.
August Sclioonmaller. of Kings.
ton, n. y, was born in Ulster coun
~, n. Y, March 9, 1928. and is Il
lawyer i'll active practice. He has
always been Democrat in poll
tics. lie has been county Judge OF
his county and the candidate Of his
party for Supreme Court Judge
He was State Senator during Mr..
Tilden'S term as Governor, and was
one of the leaders in the LcgiSla-
ture on whom Mr.. Tilden relied TO
carry ont his reform measures. He
was always close political friend
of Mr.. ridden. Mr.. SchOOnm;ker
was attorney general in New York
State in 1878 and 1919, succeeding
Mir. Fsirchild, the present Acting
Secretary ofthe Treasury. Iu 1876
he was presented by the anliTam-
many delegation from New York in
the Democratic State C6nvcntion
as their candidate for Governor,
and was a delegate to the Demo
cratic national convention in 1876
and 1880, and also to the Chicago
convention in 1881. Judge Sclloon
maker is now il member ot the civ
il.service commission Of New York
State, having been appointed by
Gov. Cleveland and retained i'll Of
tice by Gov. illll.
Walter A. Bragg was born in al
ALBANIA in 1888, but resided in Ar
kansas from 1913 until 1861. He
WIS educated at Harvard Unlver
si,y and Cambridge Law School.
and practicel law in Arkansas tor
scme years. AT the close of the
war he settled in Alabama, and
was for some wears the law part
ncr of Gen. Morgan. He has been
IL leading Democrat in that State
for some years, and has served as
national delegate, presidential clcc-
tor and Il IN, mbel ufthe Democrat
ic national committee. In 1881 lie
WAS madeprcsldemtoftl Alabama
State railroad commission, and
served i'll that position four years,
during which time many import
ant questions arising between the